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Property Maintenance in Salt Lake County, UT (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 5 cities in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Property Blight

Salt Lake County has adopted the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, giving the building official legal authority over unsafe structures in the unincorporated area.

Salt Lake County Dangerous Building Abatement Code

Significant Restrictions

Salt Lake County Code § 15.16.010 - Codes adopted by reference

...as well as the Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1997 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, is adopted and incorporated herein by reference into this code.

Snow & Sidewalk Clearing

Property owners in unincorporated Salt Lake County must clear snow, hail or sleet from their paved sidewalk within twelve hours of the storm ending, or by 8 a.m. if it stopped overnight.

Salt Lake County Sidewalk Snow Removal Deadline

Some Restrictions

Salt Lake County Code §14.32.100

In order to better protect the safety of pedestrians, it is unlawful for the owner, occupant, lessor or agent of property abutting on a paved sidewalk to fail to remove or cause to be removed from such paved sidewalk and any existing curb ramp all hail, snow or sleet falling thereon, within twelve hours after the hail, snow or sleet has ceased falling, provided that in case of a storm between t...

Property Maintenance by City in Salt Lake County

5 cities in Salt Lake County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

All Salt Lake County ordinances

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